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Summary: Solid Book For Christians Engaging Mormons
Review: Dr. White is one of the best apologetic teachers around. His solid knowledge of the LDS Church, its theology, and its history are incrediable. Dr. White also is quite a theologian having written books on Justification and Reformed theology. This book deals with various topics of Mormonism from LDS teaching on Joseph Smith to the Book of Mormon. Anyone interested in a Christian view of various LDS doctrines will find them addressed in this book. The book reads like a letter since this is suppose to be a fictional encounter between Dr. White and an LDS missionary (elder). Many "anti-Mormon" books are written in harsh tones. This is not the case with this book. Even Mormons will find this book to be written in a scholarly yet graceful style. While Dr. White totally disagrees with Mormonism, he loves Mormons. I wish the same could be true of many Mormon books I've read against critics of the LDS Church. Finally, if you are a Mormon, please be willing to investigate your faith. Don't settle for your religion simply because you "believe" it is true or were raised that way. Be willing to test all things (1 Thess. 5:19) and don't settle for mere experience to build your life upon. This is true for Christians, Mormons, Hindus, etc.
Rating:
Summary: Solid Book For Christians Engaging Mormons
Review: Dr. White is one of the best apologetic teachers around. His solid knowledge of the LDS Church, its theology, and its history are incrediable. Dr. White also is quite a theologian having written books on Justification and Reformed theology. This book deals with various topics of Mormonism from LDS teaching on Joseph Smith to the Book of Mormon. Anyone interested in a Christian view of various LDS doctrines will find them addressed in this book. The book reads like a letter since this is suppose to be a fictional encounter between Dr. White and an LDS missionary (elder). Many "anti-Mormon" books are written in harsh tones. This is not the case with this book. Even Mormons will find this book to be written in a scholarly yet graceful style. While Dr. White totally disagrees with Mormonism, he loves Mormons. I wish the same could be true of many Mormon books I've read against critics of the LDS Church. Finally, if you are a Mormon, please be willing to investigate your faith. Don't settle for your religion simply because you "believe" it is true or were raised that way. Be willing to test all things (1 Thess. 5:19) and don't settle for mere experience to build your life upon. This is true for Christians, Mormons, Hindus, etc.
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Summary: A "must-read" for anyone who knows a Mormon.
Review: I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who has family or friends who are Mormons, or who ocassionally has Mormons stop at their door. For that matter, I'd recommend this book to all Mormons, too! The book is constructed in a somewhat unusual manner; it's written as a series of letters from Mr. White to a (fictitious) "Elder Hahn," following up on a (again, fictitious) visit to Mr. White's home. Mr. White does a fantastic job of presenting the major false doctrines of the Mormon religion, and contrasting them with the truth of God's Word. I've done a little studying on Mormonism in the past, but Mr. White brought up some fascinating things that I'd never heard before. The book is very "readable," and would be a valuable resource to any Christian.
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Summary: A "must-read" for anyone who knows a Mormon.
Review: I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who has family or friends who are Mormons, or who ocassionally has Mormons stop at their door. For that matter, I'd recommend this book to all Mormons, too! The book is constructed in a somewhat unusual manner; it's written as a series of letters from Mr. White to a (fictitious) "Elder Hahn," following up on a (again, fictitious) visit to Mr. White's home. Mr. White does a fantastic job of presenting the major false doctrines of the Mormon religion, and contrasting them with the truth of God's Word. I've done a little studying on Mormonism in the past, but Mr. White brought up some fascinating things that I'd never heard before. The book is very "readable," and would be a valuable resource to any Christian.
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Summary: These are reviews?
Review: I originally wrote a review of this book December 23, 1997. What I find most curious are the statements subsequent reviewers have made, i.e., statements made by the reviewers make me wonder two things, and I hope this doesn't sound negative. First, did they read the same book I did? Despite the entries (such as those made on 1/23/99 and 5/14/99, "but the information is presented in a loving manner", and, "Lovingly presented and impressively documented",) I found no love emanating from such a one-sided slanderous argument. As well as "White does not rely on many of the straw-person arguments".How can anyone read this book and state White does not use straw man arguements? How can anyone read this and not be shocked at the richness of logical fallacies found in this book? Virtually every page is either built upon, or is building a straw man arguement. Those pages which are not involved in a strawman arguement, use emotive language, ad hominem attacks, the list of logical fallacies White graces us with goes on and on and on. This book is not grounded, in fact it is replete with vacuous arguements. Second, I find it amusing, if not sad for those who have prayed and left their faith (be it LDS, JWs, etc...). A main thrust of White's book is to NOT pray about your faith. If his arguement is to be endorsed enough to leave your faith, the last reason this should happen (according to White's logic) is as a result of prayer! Is that ironic or not?
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Summary: The best book on Mormonism I have read
Review: I read several books on Mormonism before I finally discovered this one. This book is not only well-argued and carefully written, but the information is presented in a loving manner. Many of the other books on this topic smacked of sarcasm, but it was obvious to me that White truly has a heart for Mormons. In addition to gaining a better understanding of the LDS church, I also came away with a deeper understanding of grace and who God is. His last few chapters on salvation were an incredible eye opener for me. I recommend this book to any Christian, not just those who are concerned for their Mormon friends.
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Summary: Well worth reading
Review: The author provides an unusual, engaging style to provoke some stimulating arguments. He does a fine job of prodding the reader into providing emperical arguments for what they believe. I am a former LDS member, and I am turned off by those I feel lack compassion or understanding of those in the LDS Church. I believe he has a genuine concern for Mormons, and has tried to show those Mormons who are open to logic and rational thought that there are real substantive problems with the teaching of the LDS Church. The very roots of Mormonism began with deception and distortion, and Mr. White exposes what many of us feel about the promotion and protection of those roots by the LDS Church itself. I and other former LDS members felt that there were many things that bothered us about the teaching of the church, but we overlooked them because of our love for other Mormons, and the good principles that the Church taught. Mr. White provides good food for thought for those types of Mormons, the LDS Church is NOT the same as Christianity.
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Summary: No different from other anti-mormon literature I've read...
Review: This book is no different from other anti-mormon literature I've ever read (and I've read many). It reminds me of the comic book-style pamphletry I found in anti-mormon bookstores I occasionally browsed on my mission. I had to laugh out loud one day when I picked up a copy of "The Visitors", a comic book-style anti-mormon piece and saw that it was published by a company called "Battleaxe Ministries". To this day I'm still looking for the scripture in the Bible where Jesus said we should teach others the error of their ways as if we were using a battleaxe. Maybe an anti-mormon out there could enlighten me and help me find that scripture?
All the arguments in these types of books are based on caricatures that over-emphasize one or two features of a person or institution in order to lampoon it before an audience that wouldn't otherwise be inclined to be informed about said person or institution.
The main thrust of this book is that one should not be concerned with finding out for oneself through asking God whether anything mainstream Christianity offers is true and from God. It generally points to a teaching that has seeped into the evangelical world that by not accepting the Bible at face-value, no questions asked, it is the same as rejecting it.
These types of authors believe in the Bible being 100% the word of God...all except for that inconvenient little scripture in James 1:5-6 where God advises us to pray for wisdom when we need it and that He won't criticize or condemn us for doing so.
They also ignore the parable of the persistent widow (Luke 18:1-8), the prayers of the Pharisee and the publican (Luke 18:9-14), and Paul's admonition to the early members of the Church to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thes. 5:17).
Most tragically, they have forgotten that Jesus Himself taught the same principle of prayer that we can now read in Matthew 7:7-11 which says:
7 ΒΆ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
In other words, why should any so-called "mainstream" Christian concern himself with whether a person knows that the Bible is true by taking it at face value or whether that person decided to ask its Author? God will give knowledge equally in either situation. God is so merciful and so respectful of the free will of mankind, that He will never force us to heaven or hell because we accepted or rejected His teachings without personal knowledge that it was true.
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Summary: excellent and informative
Review: This is an excellent book by James White and I heartily recommend it and his book "Is the Mormon My Brother?" which clearly states the case, using the words of LDS leaders themselves, as to why Mormonism is contrary to Christianity.
Please do not be swayed by the other reviews, obviously written by Mormons, who are slamming this book and calling it an ill-informed attack on their faith. I was a Mormon for several years, ordained an Elder and attended the temple, which actually few Mormons are eligible to do, given their numbers. Everything that White writes about in this book is accurate. He does not misrepresent LDS teachings in any way. They were the same teachings I read about in the LDS scriptures, from the works of LDS leaders and which were taught in priesthood and sacrament meetings on a consistent basis.
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Summary: excellent and informative
Review: This is an excellent book by James White and I heartily recommend it and his book "Is the Mormon My Brother?" which clearly states the case, using the words of LDS leaders themselves, as to why Mormonism is contrary to Christianity.
Please do not be swayed by the other reviews, obviously written by Mormons, who are slamming this book and calling it an ill-informed attack on their faith. I was a Mormon for several years, ordained an Elder and attended the temple, which actually few Mormons are eligible to do, given their numbers. Everything that White writes about in this book is accurate. He does not misrepresent LDS teachings in any way. They were the same teachings I read about in the LDS scriptures, from the works of LDS leaders and which were taught in priesthood and sacrament meetings on a consistent basis.
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